Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:02:24 +0000
From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [NET] Remove ARM dependency for dm9000 driver
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 06:14:42PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:55 +0000, Russell King wrote:
> > So until someone says "I want to use this on such and such arch" I
> > think it's better to keep it dependent on those we know are likely
> > to support it.
> 
> I disagree; unless there's a reason why it _shouldn't_ work on a given
> architecture, it should be possible to enable it there.

We agree to disagree.  For example, in all probability, ARM will never
see a TPM chip, yet it's offered for selection.  Given that, does it
really make sense to offer it for ARM?

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core
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